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*Thunderbird* is no longer included by default since Tails 7.8 (May 2026).
 
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[[Emailing and reading news with Thunderbird|doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird]]
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[*Thunderbird*](https://www.thunderbird.net/), an email client with support for OpenPGP and RSS and Atom news feeds
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<h3 id="encrypting">Encrypting an email</h3>
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<h3 id="generate-private">Generating a new OpenPGP private key</h3>
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<h3 id="import-private">Importing an existing private key</h3>
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<h3 id="primary-password">Setting up a Primary Password (recommended)</h3>
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<h2 id="openpgp">OpenPGP encryption</h2>
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Tails automatically installs the language packages for Arabic, German, Spanish, Farsi, French, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese.
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<h2 id="language">Using Thunderbird in another language</h2>
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<h2 id="privacy">Enhanced privacy</h2>
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<h2 id="news">Reading RSS and Atom news feeds</h2>
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<h2 id="account">Configuring an email account</h2>
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*Thunderbird* will be reinstalled automatically every time you start Tails.
Future installations will be much faster since *Thunderbird* is already
downloaded to your Persistent Storage.
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After *Thunderbird* is installed, choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Internet&nbsp;▸ Thunderbird** to open *Thunderbird*.
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<p class="command">sudo journalctl -f -u tails-additional-software-upgrade.service</p>
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<p>If you are comfortable with the command line and [[set up an
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starting Tails, you can execute the following command to track the progress
of the download and installation:</p>
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This first installation can take several minutes. During this time, no
*Thunderbird* launcher is available in the **Apps** menu.
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*Thunderbird* is downloaded and installed in the background after you
connected to the Tor network.
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[[Connect to the Tor network.|doc/anonymous_internet/tor]]
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